The Irish standard., 1887-03-19
SuiI-D 'huv,
THE COINER.
BY GERALD GRIFFIN,
Author of IS The Collegians." etc.
THE CO!INER.
Author of The Collegians." etc.

Author of IS The Collegians." etc.
CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)
Then the Priest started-and deter
mined, before matters went farther, tt
put an end to the matter, by telling al
he knew. He got up, and was about tt
leave his room. when he was struck
senseless in a fit.
ssWhen he came to himself, he saw one
through the curtain of the bed sitting by
him, and watching for him to wake,
Surprising that it was his clerk, he asked
if the execution had passed.
.s'It is over said the man; 4 saw
the dead man with my own eyes,
{" 'Then,' said the Priest, starting up
in the bed, Il bavs cast away my life in
prayers that were never heard-for there
is no Providence!
ss take care how you say that too
speedily said the man, drawing back
the curtain, and looking him straight in
the face. It was the murderer himself.
..Father Dennis felt his heart faint
away within him; buthe could not speak
neither was he able to deny the man,
when he walked towards the door and
babe him follow. He got up, put on
his old hat. took his stick and his bre-
wary in his hand, and away with him
into the fields the murderer still going
before, and now and then reckoning
him on, until they came to lonely,
quiet place, where there was bunch Of
loghero growing in the middle of the
fields.
DO you remember says the MUIR
derer, "a young man Of your parish that
was spirited away into these wild places
and never heard of after?'
8. The man was going to be married,
says Father Dennis, ito the same young
woman that is now widow, mourning
for he innocent man that was hanged
yesterday
Did you mark how he started and
trembled when he felt the blood upon
his hands and felt the bloody weapon?
Take this spade and dig here
The Priest put the spade into the
earth. and turning up some loose sods,
there he saw the body of the young man
they were speaking of, as fresh as ever
with a deep cash on one side of the
head.
I" Take the Ratchet that is on the
breast. said the murderer.
sFather Dennis took the rusty
hatchet,' and there, sure enough, he
found cut upon the handle the name Of
the man that had been hung that morn
ing.
8. There is God, then, said voice
above his head, and just and good
one.'
..Father Dennis looked around fol the
but he was no where to be
seen, and there was no bush nor place
where he could hide himself. At last,
looking up, he saw, floating in the air
above him, glorious angel, with bright
wings waving, and white. garments fly
ing, and smile on his lips: lie the
dawn of the May morning.
est am he that brought you here
said the angel; Return to your house
and believe. You can see now that your
doubts were daring and guilty, and that
it is not what man thinks evil that is
evil in the sight of God.' So that's the
way wit you, you see, because you can't
see the rason why Sagur should be MUIR
thered, an he dark, you think it must be
wrong done, surely. Ha ! what's that
murther! murther! how he runs! o
they're chaser him, surely-He's pinned,
an we'll all be hung together on a
string, like onions. Go along, mother,
and hide yourself he is, an they
hunten him.
"Who is it, Nun, eroo? Alb, dar-
len?''
.'No matther, mother dear, run for
your life-sunuher to me (though
that's no great curse) if you won't
be kilt av you stop minnit--"
.I'll not stir till you come along wit
me now, Num-
20, dye hear this? I'll go to you to-
now-see! that I mightnt sin
at I won't, I'll be at your table by the
hob with the first light in the mornen,
or else, may I never die in sin! That
the two hands may 20 to the grave Wit
me av don't. That the head may
stick to me, now-murther! only see
how he flies like greyhound over the
bitches. He'll be atop o. you in min
nit
s.Mun, I won't lave you now have
YOU, for know it's the last that talks to